Problem displaying google api static image in WPF application

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Hi ,
Im writing a WPF app to display the map from google maps api.
I was successfuly able to get info from google weather but google maps im not able to display.I dono what is exact reason.

Below is the snippet.

string url = @"http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=Berkeley,CA&zoom=14&size=400x400&sensor=false";
           WebRequest webrequest = WebRequest.Create(url);
           WebProxy proxy = new WebProxy(addressVar);//, 8080);
           proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
           webrequest.Proxy = proxy;
           //XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(webrequest.GetResponse().GetResponseStream());
           BitmapImage bitmap1 = new BitmapImage();
           bitmap1.BeginInit();
           bitmap1.UriSource = new Uri(url);
           bitmap1.EndInit();

           imageMap.Source = bitmap1;

Posted 2-Aug-12 21:42pm

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Meshack Musundi · Answer 1 · 2012-08-05T19:20:00

To complement Kenneth's answer, here's how you'd do it in C#;

C#

string url = @"http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=Berkeley,CA&zoom=14&size=400x400&sensor=false";

BitmapImage bmpImage = new BitmapImage();
bmpImage.BeginInit();
bmpImage.UriSource = new Uri(mapURL);
bmpImage.EndInit();

MapImage.Source = bmpImage;

Kenneth Haugland · Answer 2 · 2012-08-05T12:19:00

Solution 1

There is an article that pulls google pictures from the web to display it in a WPF program, the source is written in VB.net but there sould be many hints on how to do it here:
WPF Map App: WPF Meets Google Geocoding and Static Maps APIs[^]

Posted 5-Aug-12 12:19pm

Kenneth Haugland